ABSTRACT
The initial reconnaissance of the heliosphere and very local interstellar medium (VLISM) is complete with in situ measurements, observations of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs), neutral VLISM H and He, UV emissions, and interstellar dust. After many COVID related delays, the workshop "The heliosphere in the local interstellar medium" took place at ISSI from 8-12 November 2021. Edited by John D. Richardson, Andrei Bykov, Frederic Effenberger, Klaus Scherer, Veerle Sterken, Rudolf von Steiger and Gary P. Zank The first International Space Science Institute (ISSI) book in the I Space Sciences Series of ISSI i was "The Heliosphere in the Local Interstellar Medium: Proceedings of the First ISSI Workshop 6-10 November 1995, Bern, Switzerland" edited by R. von Steiger, R. Lallement, and M.A. Lee and published in 1996. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Space Science Reviews is the property of Springer Nature and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)